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Fossil Proves Local Existence Of Giant Flightless Bird

Fifty million years ago, when what is now Washington state was covered with a verdant subtropical rainforest, a 380-pound flightless bird called Diatryma stalked the floodplains of the region’s meandering rivers.

Fossil footprint of giant extinct bird removed from Deming hillside, trucked to ²ÝÁñÉçÇø
²ÝÁñÉçÇø researchers retrieve fossil track of giant extinct bird

At 10:24 a.m. Monday, July 12, in the foothills northeast of Deming, the heavy-duty helicopter gently lowered a sandstone slab onto a flatbed truck on loan from Western Washington University.

A safe distance away in the foothills drizzle, several members of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø's geology department…

Fossil discovered by ²ÝÁñÉçÇø geologists proves local existence of giant flightless bird 50M years ago
Learn about birds, geology and plants of Sehome Arboretum June 5

"Want to know what bird was singing or the name of the wildflower you saw one day while strolling through Sehome Arboretum? Or maybe you're curious about the ancient history of Sehome Hill.

You can find the answers Saturday, June 5, during the third annual "It's Your…

That big rock sitting in the garden? Meteorite.

"A seemingly normal rock found in a ditch along a stretch of road in north central Oregon has turned out to be a stone from outer space that travelled across millions of miles and billions of years to reach Earth, according to researchers studying the stone.

The 40-pound, cone-shaped…

Students prepare Sehome Arboretum for special day Saturday, June 5
Geology fundraiser set for Wednesday
Sunday's "On the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Campus" column

²ÝÁñÉçÇø to host "It's Your Arboretum Day;" Shannon Point to study water-quality levels in Bellingham Bay; CEV to host economic gardening conference in June

Schwartz, Terich have entries published in new encyclopedia
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